The numbers of first-time buyers purchasing a home with a mortgage in the UK in each year between 1987 and 1996 are presented as follows. This shows between 1987 and 1996 there were 4,689,400 first-time buyers. There were 5,272,500 between 1997 and 2008.
Number of first-time buyers purchasing with a mortgage, UK 1987 523,700 1988 580,300 1989 455,200 1990 409,200 1991 336,200 1992 447,600 1993 519,500 1994 532,100 1995 420,300 1996 465,300 Source: Council of Mortgage Lenders